http://lindseymastis.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:11:20 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1687 I drove up to Urbana, Maryland (in Frederick County) today to do a story about two garage fires that happened at the same time and within two blocks of each other. Fire damage is often a very visual scene. I snapped a picture with my iPhone camera, uploaded the photo to Camera+ and added some enhancements (brightening the photo and blurring the edges so people's eyes would go straight to the burned out cars). Then I added the photo to Instagram and shared it on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Foursquare...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/feed/ 3 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/08/covering-hurriquake-week/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/08/covering-hurriquake-week/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:52:27 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1455 I was standing in the newsroom and was just about to get into a lengthy conversation about Libya and whether the "rebels" would eventually be called "liberators" when someone said "the windows are shaking." I thought that person was losing her mind until I felt the earth start to shake. I knew it was an earthquake. I ducked under my desk and waited to see whether the shaking would get worse or stop. I noticed that no one else was getting under their desks. Instead, they stood around wondering whether it was a Metro accident, a bomb, an earthquake, or something else. This was my third earthquake, and I'm pretty sure it lasted the longest. Every single phone in the newsroom started to ring. I grabbed my IFB (that's the thing reporters and anchors put in their ear so they can hear the producers) and asked whether I needed to get on air. Then I saw JC Hayward. She told me that she was in her office when it hit. She was then trying to leave. But she wasn't going anywhere. Instead, she would be anchoring for the next few hours. I was ushered out with a photographer in a live truck. At the first stop light we switched seats so he could film all the evacuated people standing near the roads. I drove directly to the US Capitol. Hundreds of people were standing around. People that work on the Hill were wondering whether it was an earthquake-- or a repeat of 9/11. Tourists wondered whether they could get on the Metro. We were up and running in a matter of minutes at the corner of Maryland and 3rd. It's right in front of the Museum of the American Indian. One of the kids that was in the museum at the time told me he pulled a lever and thought he caused the building to shake...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/08/covering-hurriquake-week/feed/ 0 http://lindseymastis.com/2009/09/twestival-dc-provides-10000-meals-for-miriams-kitchen/ http://lindseymastis.com/2009/09/twestival-dc-provides-10000-meals-for-miriams-kitchen/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:32:45 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=804 The Twestival Celebration at MidTown Loft was a huge success. On September 10, tweeple in DC and in cities around the world got together to support local causes. Proceeds from the DC Twestival went to Miriam's Kitchen-- an organization that feeds the homeless. Altogether, we raised enough money for 10,000 meals-- that's a fifth of the meals they serve a year...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2009/09/twestival-dc-provides-10000-meals-for-miriams-kitchen/feed/ 0 http://lindseymastis.com/2009/08/784/ http://lindseymastis.com/2009/08/784/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:37:26 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=784 I expected to see crowds of people holding American flags. I didn't expect to be so moved by the family's reaction. I first saw the Hearst carrying Ted Kennedy's body. A large oval window in the back made it easy to see the flag-draped coffin. Then, limo after limo of family members. I could barely see through some of the dark-tinted windows, but I imagine his wife, kids, and close friends quietly watched the crowds as they made their way in Arlington National Cemetery. Then, there were limos and SUVs with windows rolled down. I saw arms and hands waving to the crowds. People shouted "thank you" and family members shouted "thank you" back. Then, there were bus loads-- more family. The kids were crowded near the front of the buses, waving. You could see their lips moving. Again, the words "thank you." ]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2009/08/784/feed/ 0 http://lindseymastis.com/2009/07/mtv-cameraman-apology/ http://lindseymastis.com/2009/07/mtv-cameraman-apology/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:06:55 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=601 A couple weeks ago I did a story about the cast moving into the new Real World DC house near Dupont Circle. I wanted to talk to neighbors about their reaction. As I tried to interview people on the sidewalk, some of MTV's production crew tried to block my camera. One cameraman kept getting in my lens. Yesterday afternoon, I received an e-mail from that cameraman-- Ryan Romkema. Here's his apology...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2009/07/mtv-cameraman-apology/feed/ 2